Eggless vanilla cake recipe | How to make cake without eggs

Eggless vanilla cake recipe with video and step by step photos. This eggless vanilla cake is soft, moist and very delicious. It is very simple to bake and just takes about 40 minutes. You can bake this in a oven or in a pressure cooker. After trying a few eggless vanilla cake recipes I felt this one is too good to bake for any occasion. It can be used as a base cake to frost or decorate. To bake this cake I have used cake flour, if you do not have it you can also use plain flour / maida. In case you want to make your own cake flour, you can follow the method from the step by step instructions.

This recipe makes a 7 or 8 inch cake. I made 2 cakes and frosted with a simple vanilla buttercream frosting. To make 2 layered cake, you can just double the recipe and bake them in 2 pans at one time. I had baked this a few times earlier and made a whipped cream frosting which turned out delicious. If you do not prefer to frost the cake, then do add 3 to 4 tbsps sugar in the recipe.

If you do not have a oven and want to bake it in a pressure cooker, you can read this post on Cooker cake recipe. You can use the same method the bake the cake in this post.

Eggless vanilla cake recipe

Eggless vanilla cake recipe | How to make cake without eggs

Moist eggless vanilla cake that is simple to bake and delicious to taste. This cake can also be baked in a pressure cooker. This recipe uses condensed milk as a substitute to eggs. It also enhances the flavor of the cake by keeping it moist and delicious.

For the buttercream frosting (optional)

How to make the recipe

Preparation for eggless vanilla cake

Grease and line a 7 or 8 inch cake pan. Set aside.

Preheat a oven at 170 C for at least 15 mins. If using a pressure cooker, add 1 cup salt to the bottom of a cooker. Spread it well. Place a plate and hot pot stand. Then remove the gasket and weight. Cover and heat the cooker for 10 to 12 mins on a medium high heat.

Place a sieve over a mixing bowl.

Add flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

Mix them all with a spoon and sieve at least thrice. If using sugar, then add it as well and mix.

Baking eggless vanilla cake

Knock it against the kitchen counter a few times.

Place it in the oven and bake for 23 to 25 mins. Mine was done at 25 mins. But the timing may vary depending on your oven.

If baking in a cooker, open the lid of the cooker. Place the cake tray with the help of a Indian tong or pakkad. The cooker must be hot at this time. Cover the lid. Regulate the flame to low heat. Bake for 45 to 55 mins.

When the cake is done, a skewer or a tester inserted comes out clean.

Cool the cake in the pan for 15 mins.

Then invert the cake pan over a wire rack. Cool this completely before frosting or slicing.

Making frosting (optional)

Beat soft butter until smooth for about 3 minutes on a medium speed, using a hand mixer or a stand mixer.

Sieve the powdered sugar. Add half a cup at one time.

Continue to mix it on a low speed. Then on a medium speed until well incorporated.

Then continue to add in more sugar and then mix on low to medium speed.

Add in vanilla and milk as needed. Mix until it turns smooth.

If the frosting is too thick to spread just add in a tsp of milk and mix on a low speed.

If frosting is a bit runny, you can try refrigerating it for 1 hour. You can also add in more powdered sugar.

Add a couple of tbsps of frosting to the center of the cake. Spread it well with a spatula. If making a layer cake, then place another cake over it.

Add half of the frosting and begin to spread it from the center and then cover the sides.

Refrigerate this for about 45 mins.

Add the left over frosting retaining about half cup in the bowl.

Spread this to finish off.

Use the left over frosting as needed to smoothen.

Refrigerate this further for about 20 to 30 mins. Smoothen the frosting with a dough cutter or scraper.

Preparation for eggless vanilla cake recipe

1. Grease a 7 or 8 inch pan. Line it with parchment paper. 2. Preheat the oven to 170 C for atleast 15 mins. If using a pressure cooker, then add 1 heaped cup salt to a cooker. Spread it evenly and place a plate. Place a hot pot stand or ring. Remove the gasket and whistle. Cover it. Heat on a medium high flame for 10 to 12 mins.

3. This cake works well with plain flour/ maida but cake flour makes it little more light. Skip this step if using maida. If you plan to make cake flour at home like I did. Then fluff up the all purpose flour (maida) in the jar with the help of a fork. Using a spoon fill 1 and a ¼ cup of all purpose flour to measuring cups. Level them.

Remove 2 tbsp flour from 1 cup and ½ tbsp flour from ¼ cup. Add the removed flour back to the jar. Next fluff up the corn flour in the jar and measure 2 & ½ tbsp corn flour and add it to the cups. Sieve them together at least 3 to 4 times this helps the cake to turn light. Your cake flour is ready.

How to make eggless vanilla cake

8. Sieve them and repeat it thrice. If you do not plan to frost the cake, then you may need another 3 to 4 tbsps sugar. Mix well. 9. Pour condensed milk. I used about 200 ml. i.e approximately ½ of a 392 ml can. 10. Next pour 1/2 cup water.

11. Pour ¼ cup melted butter. I melted it in a small pan. You can also do it in a microwave. 12. Add in vanilla extract. 13. Pour vinegar. I used organic apple cider vinegar. 14. Mix well until just combined.

15. Make sure there are no lumps. The mixture will begin to react immediately due to vinegar and you will see bubbles. Avoid over mixing it at this stage. 16. Transfer the batter to the cake pan. Knock it gently to the counter a few times.

Baking eggless vanilla cake

17. Bake it for 23 to 25 mins. Mine was done at 25 mins. Do check at 23 mins as the timings slightly differ from oven to oven. If baking in cooker, place the cake tray on the hot pot stand or ring. Cover and bake for 45 to 55 mins on a low flame.

18. When the cake is done, a skewer inserted comes out clean.

19. Cool the cake in the pan for 15 mins. Invert it on a wire rack. 20. Remove the parchment paper and allow to cool completely. 21. I made a simple and quick buttercream frosting. I haven’t shared the pics of the same as the post is already lengthy and may intimidate many. If you are interested please follow the instructions in the recipe card. I have not included the time taken to make the frosting in the recipe card. You can make a rough estimation of 2 hours for the frosting if you are a beginner.

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I’m Swasthi shreekanth. My aim is to help you cook great Indian food with my time-tested recipes. After 2 decades of experience in practical Indian cooking I started this blog to help people cook better & more often at home. Whether you are a novice or an experienced cook I am sure Swasthi’s Recipes will assist you to enhance your cooking skills.

Hi, I baked the chocolate cake (eggless, in pressure cooker) as given by you in chocolate cake recipe. It was no doubt damn tasty (thanks to you) but it was hard from outside and soft from inside. How can I make the whole cake soft?

Hi Katyayny I understand that the cake top got a hard crust. Am I right? If yes then it is due to over baking or baking the cake at a high heat. Just reduce the baking time and remove it as soon as the inside is done. Another reason can be using a small cake pan. The chocolate cake recipe works in a 8 or 9 inch pan. If you use a smaller pan, then a hard crust forms on the outside as the cake takes long time to cook thru due to more depth. So you will have to experiment with the following tips until you find where you went wrong. using 8 or 9 inch cake pan Do not bake at high heat Do not overbake and adjust the timing. Hope this helps

You have some awesome baking recipes and I constantly follow them on your blog. I wanted to try eggless baking using almond flour . Please post some recipes. Also can we substitute all purpose flour with almond flour in your recipes. Thanks in advance!

You are welcome Krithika Thanks for following the blog. I have a basic recipe made with homemade almond meal.Currently it is not on the blog as I had to remove it due to some technical problems. I will share the recipe again. Yes you can substitute half of the all purpose flour with almond flour. If you replace the entire amount of APF, the cake may break as it turns out very delicate. The cake may crumble up when you slice it. Hope this helps

Hi.. thanks for the eggless chocolate cake recipe.. I normally hate chocolate cake, but this one was delicious..came out perfect. I baked it twice in a week, so was really tasty, with no left overs either? Would recommend this recipe to everyone.

Thank you so much for the recipe ? Made it for the first time for my husband’s birthday and it came out so well.. He loved it? Got appreciation from MIL(Which made me happy because normal cooking never comes out properly, she never expects me to cook)

Hi Swasthi I love your recipes especially the almond cake. However I wanted to remake it and it’s not showing up in the site instead the vanilla cake is appearing. Can u pl post the almond cake. Also when u mentioned powdered sugar are u referring to icing sugar available in USA or is it regular sugar in powder form.

Hi Prity, Thanks for trying the chocolate cake. This recipe hasn’t been tested using buttermilk. It cannot be used as a substitute to vinegar. You can try this vanilla sponge cake that uses curd and no vinegar is used.